I believe that a majority of my generation engaged in ‘quiet or secret’ delinquency – it was not brazened and just out in the open as you see now. And, it was NEVER the type of trouble that involved the law! Quite frankly, my daddy would have beat me to within an inch of my life if I had embarrassed him in that way! Raising my own children – eleven years between oldest and youngest – I experienced a considerable difference in the attitudes of ‘children’. My oldest son and his friends were respectful and, for the most part, stayed out of trouble; however, my youngest son and (a majority of) his friends were mouthy, and seemed to ‘be a magnet for’ and stay in trouble – both within the family and the law. However, like the ‘Growing Out of
